Seventy-five years ago today, Franklin Roosevelt made a promise.

七十五年前的今天，富兰克林·罗斯福许下承诺。

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Chocolate today, he says, is where coffee was five years ago.

他说，今天的巧克力就像五年前的咖啡一样。

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Today, most women expect at least a one-carat diamond, while just five years ago a half-carat stone would have sufficed.

现在，大多数女性都会希望买至少一克拉的钻石，而仅仅五年前，半克拉的钻石就足够满足她们了。

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One hundred-fifty years ago today, President Abraham Lincoln approved an order for the services of seventy-five thousand militiamen.

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So tonight, we do not expect to see a reenactment really of what happened there five years ago today.

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Five years ago today was the single worst day of my life.

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Twenty-five years ago today, the world lost a musical icon.

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